GROUND HOG DAY CANADIAN STYLE

In Ontario it is Wiarton Willie. Manitoba and Alberta have their own little ground hog that tries to predict how much longer winter will last. This year is deceiving since it has been quite unseasonally warm weather.

One wonders how the traditon really originated. Were people just bored with winter?

Regardless, whether he sees his shadow or not, there will probably be 6 more weeks of winter. For those of you reading from outside Canada, Wiarton is north-west of Toronto. A pretty country town on the Bruce Pennisula. If in Canada, go visit, especially like our friends who have a cottage there sailing is prolific.So bring your sailboat! There is  a good harbour for calm sailing. Do you think the Canadian groundhogs will see their shadow? Wonder what the one in Pennsylvannia will see?

THE SHADOWS WE CAST

If we stand in the light, we all cast a shadow. Light can be seen as good and our shadow side as bad according to some folklore or myths. Carl Jung saw the shadow as the primitive or instinctive side of the individual. Sometimes I see interesting pictures that have shadows. My simple fence at the side of the house reflected these shapes in shadow form. Some people can be fearful of life- afraid of his own shadow!

What do you see when you view the picture? Does the shadow create interesting images for you? When light makes a shadow does it change the perspective? If we face the light, can we try and see the shadow that is made? Does it have any meaning or is it just a shadow?